THANK YOU! to Auckland Transport who generously give all our Walking School Bus members FREE tickets to MOTAT!
Sunday 16th November was a beautifully sunny day for our visit!
We lived all the interactive activities and riding on the tram.
Afterwards some of the group had a wander through Western Springs to look for birds.
This week we had our final trip to our adopted park - William Green Domain.
The weather was not looking the best but we were determined to get a final visit in for the year.
Focus: HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE?
We want to start measuring the positive impact we are making on this space.
We can do this by counting the amount of trees we have planted and the amount of rubbish we collect.
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| we sorted the rubbish out into piles to see what we had found... |
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| Lots of plastic bottles / hard plastic ... |
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| 122 pieces of soft plastic |
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| bottle lids |
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| and lots of other takeaway cups |
Going forward we will think about how we can reduce the amount of these items in our environment.
At the end of last term some of the enviro students entered an enviro art competition.
They worked tirelessly for many lunchtimes with Zeena (Selena & Karolina's Mum) to create a masterpiece! It was displayed at Auckland Botanical Garden during the school holidays.
While it was on display, lots of visitors saw our art work and loved it! They voted for ours as their favourite!
WE WON the PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD!
We won a $150 voucher for The Warehouse towards art supplies for future projects.
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| Addilyn, Kimberley, Karolina, Annika, Zoey, Adwitiya, Hamreen, Rianka, Leah, Selena, Jarvis, Piper, Ayla |
Zeena also organised some trophies to celebrate the student's achievements. These were handed out at assembly today.
Our students have all designed and painted a rock as part of our art programme. This is a special 'waste free' keepsake for them.
In addition our year six students are creating a 'Legacy Art' project.
This is a way to leave their 'mark' on the school in a creativity, environmentally friendly and peaceful way.
The students all brainstormed potential themes. These included native NZ creatures, vegetables depicting garden to table foods and native trees.
However, the winner was... "OUR COUNTRIES AND CULTURES"
To start off with, we are preparing the area where we will paint. This includes sanding down the old, faded paintings and using a 'primer' base coat to help the paint stick on.
Watch this space for updates of the countries & cultures that are significant to our students and the awesome designs they come up with!
This year we, again, grew some giant pumpkins.
They were GINORMOUS and everyone was fascinated with them!
After storing them in the enviro room for a while we decided now was the perfect time to carve them.
Some students from year 3 / 4 and year 5 / 6 were chosen as winners and helped every lunch time last week to carve faces, patterns and shapes into the pumpkins.
They were surprisingly easy to carve - we just used spoons!
We displayed them outside the hall for assembly on Friday.
We collected all the seeds from them so we can try and grow some more from seed - both at school and at home! Time to get planting!
We found a video HERE about how to grow them from seed.
THANK YOU! to Auckland Transport who generously give all our Walking School Bus members FREE tickets to MOTAT! Sunday 16th November was a b...
